Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Virginia
Fire Station 205
Alexandria, VA · ~30 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- C
- Average Safety Record
- 3.4
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Fire Station 205 runs at 107% of its industry's injury rate - about level with the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade C.
Fire Station 205: 3.4 TCR = 107% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Fire Station 205 safety composite
Fire Station 205 scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 87% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 46%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).
64/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- B 3.42 per 100 workers
Safer than 87% of industry peers
- DART rate
- D 4.57 per 100 workers
Safer than 46% of industry peers
- Fatalities
- D 0
Safer than 52% of industry peers
Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).
Rising injury rate
Fire Station 205: 2.3 → 4.6 TCR
Peak year 2020 @ 4.6 TCR · DART/TCR 1.34× in 2020
Fire Station 205's TCR rose 2.3 from 2.3 in 2019 to 4.6 in 2020. In 2020, DART was 1.34× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Alexandria, VA ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade C · TCR 3.4 · 107% of ind
- DART 4.6 DART
- RANK #2/29
- PHOTO Town of Shallotte Fi…
- BOOK 2y book
- INJ 3 inj
- SIZE ~30 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Town of Shallotte Fire/Rescue (0.0 TCR gap)
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Fire Station 205 in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Fire Station 205
3.4 TCR
- Town of Shallo
Town of Shallotte Fire/Rescue
3.4 TCR
- Girdwood Fire
Girdwood Fire and Rescue
3.4 TCR
- Town of Harwin
Town of Harwinton Volunteer Fire & Ambulance Department
3.4 TCR
- Seymour Ambula
Seymour Ambulance
3.4 TCR
What this shows Fire Station 205 averages 3.4 TCR (107% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
Fire Station 205 TCR series: 2019=2.3 · 2020=4.6 · BLS 3.2
Where Fire Station 205 falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 87% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #2 safest of 29 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Virginia.
Fire Station 205 has fewer employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.
Year-by-Year Safety Data
| Year | TCR | DART | Injuries | Illnesses | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · VA · Alexandria
793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 335 employers in Alexandria, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.
| Rel | Establishment | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| NAICS-TCR | Town of Shallotte Fire/Rescue | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Girdwood Fire and Rescue | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Town of Harwinton Volunteer Fire & Ambulance Department | 3.4 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Seymour Ambulance | 3.4 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | NAES : Altavista Power Station | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Northwest River Water Treatment Plant | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Utilities - Wastewater Collections | 30 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | First Class Contracting of Tidewater, LLC | 30 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alexandria Rail Facility/Telegraph Road | 1,964 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Inova Alexandria Hospital | 1,512 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Alexandria Rail Yard | 996 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Inova Mount Vernon Hospital | 950 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | North America Fulfillment Centers (FCs) : IND5 | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Greenland Plant | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Lincoln Farmers Coop | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | G3 Enterprises, Inc. - CA Warehouse & Corporate | 3.4 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Ihop 3253 | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | First Coast Pallet | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | North Bay | 30 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | LQ0663 Irvine Spectrum | 30 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.